Cavernous angioma presenting as atypical facial and head pain.
Recurrent headache is a common pediatric problem. As the differential diagnosis of headache is extensive, physicians rely on the mode of presentation to focus any investigation. A report of an adolescent in whom atypical facial and head pain caused by a preexisting cerebellar cavernous angioma is presented. Facial pain and headache resolved following excision of the tumor.
Epstein
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Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 19104.
Berman
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Schut
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D002648:Child; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology*; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed